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Consumers hold the line on sustainability, expect business to do the same
New research shows that while the cost of living remains top concern for New Zealand’s consumers, their commitment to sustainability remains strong. The Kantar and Sustainable Business Council (SBC) Better Futures 2025 report - now in its 16th year, surveyed 1,000 New...
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Pānui news – 5 June
In this edition of Pānui we cover Sparks green lease with Quadrent, Episode Three of our Sustainability Superstars Podcast, thinkstep-anz's Next Generation Scholarship for CCBC25, Sustainability Reports from Custom Fleet, Clarus, Enviro NZ, Lion completing solar...
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Redefining employee health by moving to holistic wellbeing
By Robert Perry (Manager - Thriving People) For most Kiwi adults, the majority of our daily life is spent at work. Employers therefore have a unique opportunity to create the conditions for employees to thrive, including employee health and wellbeing. To...
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Pānui news – 7 December
In this absolutely bumper edition of Pānui, we share a heap of insights and updates from COP28, we're accepting expressions of interest for a nature positive readiness workshop series, the Commerce...

Q&A with The Warehouse Group on historic solar milestone
SBC recently caught up with David Benattar, The Warehouse Group’s (TWG) Sustainability Lead and SBC Advisory Board member, about TWG’s recent exciting announcement of its historic solar deal with...

Pānui news – 30 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, COP28 kicks off, SBC welcomes the new Government, we share the 'This Climate Business' episode about CLC turning 5, Westpac survey finds Kiwis are calling for more...

Modern slavery laws – how ready is your organisation?
8, 10, [??], 8,000 – What’s the missing number? The answer is 77. If you answered correctly, you must have been among the 90+ business leaders who joined me at our recent deep dive on Modern...

Pānui news – 23 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, we invite EOI for our ESG working group, we share a thought piece from Mike and an RNZ interview with Antonia around COP28, WSP releases a new report around...

The Business Case for COP28
Thoughts from SBC Executive Director Mike Burrell As the opening of COP28 comes hurtling towards us, more New Zealand business than ever before are preparing to make the journey to be part of the...

Pānui news – 16 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, we read Sustainable Business and Finance articles from Waste Management, Westpac, Toitū, Chapman Tripp and KPMG, Fonterra announces climate plans for the future,...

Countdown to COP28: Members on the ground
This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP28), which kicks off in Dubai at the end of the month, is set to have a strong focus on business and its leadership role in the transition to net zero....

Thriving Communities – equipping your business for growing impact together
SBC’s Thriving Voices online event series continued last week with our kaputī kōrero focusing on community impact. Our recently launched report ‘Thriving People - Strengthening the ‘S’ in ESG’...

Pānui news – 9 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, the Climate Leaders Coalition launches its 5th Anniversary Snapshot Report, business climate action makes a variety of news headlines, we continue our Countdown to...

Pānui news – 2 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, we put out a request for a provider to help us develop an ESG toolbox, we begin the countdown to COP28 with an interview between Mike and Antonia, SBC Talks Tools...

Pānui news – 26 October
In this week's edition of Pānui, we release a new episode of the SBC Hot Seat with Jay Crangle, Beca shares info about Project Handprint, KPMG releases report on the future of energy in New Zealand,...